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revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:36am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:31am
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:23am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 10:28am
Silent Majority wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 10:23am


Will be thrilled if this starts showing up in election results. Reap your whirlwind, governing cunts.
What the right succeeded in convincing Xers was to either vote conservative or to dismiss voting altogether as validation of a corrupt system. Which, give them their due, that's a pretty clever strategy.
Conservatives lose when more people vote.
Consistently enough to be axiomatic. Conservatives are behind every effort to restrict voting, be it qualifications or method.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.

There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
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That's a trend I would like to see gain momentum.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 12:14pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:36am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:31am
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:23am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 10:28am


What the right succeeded in convincing Xers was to either vote conservative or to dismiss voting altogether as validation of a corrupt system. Which, give them their due, that's a pretty clever strategy.
Conservatives lose when more people vote.
Consistently enough to be axiomatic. Conservatives are behind every effort to restrict voting, be it qualifications or method.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.

There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
Hello,

The need to be entertained, or rather the avoidance of doing something hard for the greater good, has permeated so much of society - especially in the US. Thinking about ideas for our future, considering politicians' programs and policies, teaching (and disciplining) your children - that's no fun.

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gkbill wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 12:27pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 12:14pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:36am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:31am
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:23am


Conservatives lose when more people vote.
Consistently enough to be axiomatic. Conservatives are behind every effort to restrict voting, be it qualifications or method.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.

There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
Hello,

The need to be entertained, or rather the avoidance of doing something hard for the greater good, has permeated so much of society - especially in the US. Thinking about ideas for our future, considering politicians' programs and policies, teaching (and disciplining) your children - that's no fun.
Further to that, the idea that fun is about ease and being a spectator. Lots of stuff should be fun in the sense of being enjoyable and rewarding in ways beyond material compensation or status, but the concept of fun has been mutilated into being a blob.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 12:14pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:36am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:31am
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:23am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 10:28am


What the right succeeded in convincing Xers was to either vote conservative or to dismiss voting altogether as validation of a corrupt system. Which, give them their due, that's a pretty clever strategy.
Conservatives lose when more people vote.
Consistently enough to be axiomatic. Conservatives are behind every effort to restrict voting, be it qualifications or method.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.

There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
The post wants me to pay...

But what about boxers or briefs, rock the vote and Vermont's own Tabitha Soren?

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revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:35pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 12:14pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:36am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:31am
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:23am


Conservatives lose when more people vote.
Consistently enough to be axiomatic. Conservatives are behind every effort to restrict voting, be it qualifications or method.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.

There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
The post wants me to pay...

But what about boxers or briefs, rock the vote and Vermont's own Tabitha Soren?
Stop the page from completely loading lets you read the whole thing.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:42pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:35pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 12:14pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:36am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:31am


Consistently enough to be axiomatic. Conservatives are behind every effort to restrict voting, be it qualifications or method.
An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.

There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
The post wants me to pay...

But what about boxers or briefs, rock the vote and Vermont's own Tabitha Soren?
Stop the page from completely loading lets you read the whole thing.
This is the part that resonated with me:
It has brought the worldview associated with sports-talk radio to politics; you’ve got a team and you want that team to win, and the other team is always the worst, and the refs are always unfairly treating your side. ...
And cheating in sports is to some degree accepted and often done with a nod and a wink.

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revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 3:11pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:42pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:35pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 12:14pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:36am


An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.

There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
The post wants me to pay...

But what about boxers or briefs, rock the vote and Vermont's own Tabitha Soren?
Stop the page from completely loading lets you read the whole thing.
This is the part that resonated with me:
It has brought the worldview associated with sports-talk radio to politics; you’ve got a team and you want that team to win, and the other team is always the worst, and the refs are always unfairly treating your side. ...
And cheating in sports is to some degree accepted and often done with a nod and a wink.
Complete with the rage-over-logic mentality of sports-talk radio.
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revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:35pm
The post wants me to pay...
I'd recommend the link below to anyone who wants to avoid paywalls. It comes in handy, so bookmark it to your desktop or whatever. Scroll down a little and enter the url of the article you want to read into the second text box, then click on "search". Then click the link created.

https://archive.ph/
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Kimmelweck wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 5:32pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:35pm
The post wants me to pay...
I'd recommend the link below to anyone who wants to avoid paywalls. It comes in handy, so bookmark it to your desktop or whatever. Scroll down a little and enter the url of the article you want to read into the second text box, then click on "search". Then click the link created.

https://archive.ph/
Nice find, there's also an extension for Chrome that adds a button to the top right corner of your browser, click on it and the snapshot of the page yoiu want to read will appear.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... bdgagipbia
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revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 3:11pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:42pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:35pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 12:14pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 11:36am


An apathetic electorate has been their key to success.
Plus some seriously committed issue-oriented people who think they're bringing about the Rapture (or preventing it). Again, strategically, they've done really well for representing minority interests.

There was a piece in the Washington Post today that blamed the conflation of entertainment with politics as ruinous to American politics, encouraging shallowness, stunts, and apathy. It's simplistic, but not altogether wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... _p001_f001
The post wants me to pay...

But what about boxers or briefs, rock the vote and Vermont's own Tabitha Soren?
Stop the page from completely loading lets you read the whole thing.
This is the part that resonated with me:
It has brought the worldview associated with sports-talk radio to politics; you’ve got a team and you want that team to win, and the other team is always the worst, and the refs are always unfairly treating your side. ...
And cheating in sports is to some degree accepted and often done with a nod and a wink.
Another good reason to abolish sports. They condition the weak-minded to be worse citizens.
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Sparky wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 5:49pm
Kimmelweck wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 5:32pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:35pm
The post wants me to pay...
I'd recommend the link below to anyone who wants to avoid paywalls. It comes in handy, so bookmark it to your desktop or whatever. Scroll down a little and enter the url of the article you want to read into the second text box, then click on "search". Then click the link created.

https://archive.ph/
Nice find, there's also an extension for Chrome that adds a button to the top right corner of your browser, click on it and the snapshot of the page yoiu want to read will appear.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... bdgagipbia
Yup, there’s a link to that Chrome extension at the top of the page I just mentioned. I’ve been too lazy to install the Chrome extension, so I just use my bookmark, but the extension is probably the easier way to go if you use Chrome.
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Kimmelweck wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 5:32pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:35pm
The post wants me to pay...
I'd recommend the link below to anyone who wants to avoid paywalls. It comes in handy, so bookmark it to your desktop or whatever. Scroll down a little and enter the url of the article you want to read into the second text box, then click on "search". Then click the link created.

https://archive.ph/
Hello,

Thanks! This worked well!

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Kimmelweck wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 6:04pm
Sparky wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 5:49pm
Kimmelweck wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 5:32pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:35pm
The post wants me to pay...
I'd recommend the link below to anyone who wants to avoid paywalls. It comes in handy, so bookmark it to your desktop or whatever. Scroll down a little and enter the url of the article you want to read into the second text box, then click on "search". Then click the link created.

https://archive.ph/
Nice find, there's also an extension for Chrome that adds a button to the top right corner of your browser, click on it and the snapshot of the page yoiu want to read will appear.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... bdgagipbia
Yup, there’s a link to that Chrome extension at the top of the page I just mentioned. I’ve been too lazy to install the Chrome extension, so I just use my bookmark, but the extension is probably the easier way to go if you use Chrome.
Thanks, youse two!
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Kimmelweck wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 5:32pm
revbob wrote:
05 Jan 2023, 1:35pm
The post wants me to pay...
I'd recommend the link below to anyone who wants to avoid paywalls. It comes in handy, so bookmark it to your desktop or whatever. Scroll down a little and enter the url of the article you want to read into the second text box, then click on "search". Then click the link created.

https://archive.ph/
Gotta say thanks again for this. I've been using the Chrome plug-in for it and it's been a godsend for getting around paywall bullshit.
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